Laos
Access to electricity in Laos
Access to electricity in Laos: 31% in 1993 and 96.5% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 96.5%
- Since 1993
- +65.5 percentage points
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 100% in 2021, the lowest 25% in 1995.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Laos | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 96.5 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 96.5 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 99.3 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 98.4 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 92.9 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 93.6 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 89 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 89.7 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 82.5 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 79.3 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 76.4 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 70 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 70.2 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 67.4 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 66 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 55 | 82 |
| 2006 | 57 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 57.2 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 53.5 | 80 |
| 2003 | 48 | 80 |
| 2002 | 46.3 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 45.3 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 42.6 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 39.7 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 36.9 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 34.1 | – |
| 1996 | 31.3 | – |
| 1995 | 25 | – |
| 1994 | 25.6 | – |
| 1993 | 31 | – |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
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- Military spending0.19% of GDP in 2013
- Military spending in US dollars$21.8M in 2013
- Military spending per person$3 in 2013
- Military share of state spending0.8% of government spending in 2013
- Armed forces personnel129,000 people in 2020
- National power0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers4.08% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports7 million TIV in 2024